Another Congress leader allies with CPI(M)
The Hindu
Chief Minister says the trickle will turn into a tide
Another Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) general secretary, G. Rathi Kumar, broke rank with his party on Wednesday and shifted his political allegiance to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)].
The divisions in the KPCC leadership over the disputed appointment of District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents seemed to be on full display again for the second consecutive day.
On Monday, expelled KPCC general secretary K.P. Anil Kumar, had joined the CPI(M).

The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











